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Re: OT: passport languages

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Saturday, August 30, 2003, 20:00
Quoting David Barrow <davidab@...>:

> Jan van Steenbergen wrote: > > > --- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy: > > > > > > > >>>>>>Is anyone advocating Dutch as official language? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>Waarom niet? Maar zeg me eens: hoeveel engelstalige personen zijn er voor > >>>elke nederlandstalig in de VS? > >>> > >>> > >>"Why not? But tell me one thing: how many English-speaking people are > there > >>for each Dutch-speaking in the US?" > >> > >>Corrections are solicited. > >> > >> > > > >It's correct! > > > > > For each Dutch-speaking person or each Dutch-speaking one > > adjectives need their nouns or pronouns in *Standard English when used > attributively > > * Of course dialects may vary and even Standard speakers may not always > stick to the rules :-)
Is the misplacement of that asterisk intentional? Andreas

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